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| Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
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Dissecting the
External Storage Market |
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FY 06 |
FY 07 |
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Revenue
(Rs crore) |
Growth
(%) |
Revenue
(Rs crore) |
Growth
(%) |
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NAS |
126 |
68 |
203 |
61 |
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SAN |
449 |
90 |
737 |
64 |
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Overall Networked
Storage |
575 |
85 |
940 |
63 |
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DAS |
208 |
-18 |
188 |
-10 |
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Overall External
Storage |
783 |
39 |
1,128 |
44 |
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| Source: DQ estimates
CyberMedia Research |
| Network storage adoption
showed no loss in momentum; however, with even SMBs starting to migrate
from DAS to NAS, the DAS market continued going downhill. EMC regained the
top slot from HP. IBM came a close second, thanks to its DAS sales.
Network Appliance is a creditable fourth, riding strong on NAS |
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| Source: DQ
estimates CyberMedia Research |
| The fact that EMC
and Network Appliance are the #1 and #2 vendors tells a story. Pure play
storage vendors now rule the roost; no wonder, IBM and HP too are looking
at storage as a strategically separate business. DAS numbers have been
dwindling down the years (down 10% this time); its only IBM and HP who
are keeping the DAS flag flying |
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